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May 28, 2024 Blog, News
Israel continues to carry out massacres against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.(Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, Palestine Chronicle)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli forces carried out new massacres in Rafah and Jabaliya, in the southern and northern Gaza Strip respectively. 

Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday, despite the furious reaction from Israel.

The European Union reportedly discussed imposing sanctions on Israel if it does not comply with the International Court of Justice decision.

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 36,096 Palestinians have been killed, and 81,136 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

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Wednesday, May 29, 04:40 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA (citing ‘diplomatic sources’): Algeria has distributed a draft resolution to UN Security Council members demanding that Israel immediately halt its offensive on Rafah.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians, including two children, were killed as a result of an Israeli shelling of the Abu Jazar family home in the Ma’an area, south of Khan Yunis.

ISRAEL NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE:

– Lebanon’s Hezbollah has begun using drones that can launch rockets and others to gather information.

– Hezbollah marches succeeded in reaching IDF camps.

– Hezbollah’s interception of Israeli marches is a threat to the IDF’s freedom of action.

WHO:

Again, there is no safe zone in Gaza to which people can take refuge.

The chances of survival for the injured in Gaza are slim due to the health situation in Gaza.

We still don’t understand why hospitals and ambulances are being targeted.

Spain Recognizes Palestine: Bold Move or Symbolic Gesture?

Wednesday, May 29, 00:40 am (GMT +2)

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a movement of Israeli occupation soldiers at the Bayad Blida site and achieved a “direct hit.”

WHO SPOKESPERSON: We say again that there is no safe area in Gaza for people to take refuge in.

Israel’s Secret Campaign Against ICC Revealed – Surveillance, Hacking, Intimidation

Tuesday, May 28, 10:00 pm (GMT +2)

CHANNEL 12: The State Comptroller begins an investigation into the October 7 failure.

KAN:

A number of war ministers believe that negotiation is possible to end the war.

Kidnapped people (Israeli captured by the Resistance) in Gaza are dying in captivity and the situation may become more dangerous.

Rafah under Attack – China Urges Israel to Comply with ICJ Order, Halt Aggression

Tuesday, May 28, 8:40 pm (GMT +2)

US DEPARTMENT OF STATE: We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life in Gaza. We will follow the results of the investigation that Israel has pledged to conduct regarding the incident in Rafah.

MAYOR OF CITY OF LOD: A soldier from the city was killed in the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Raheb site on the southern Lebanese border.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR: I say very clearly that Israel must abide by international law in its actions in Gaza.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Al-Alami area of ​​Jabalia Camp, northern Gaza Strip.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli army helicopters and artillery were firing intensely in the center and east of the city of Rafah.

STEPHANE DUJARRIC: We condemn in the strongest terms the attack that targeted the tents of displaced people in Rafah.

FAMILIES OF ISRAELI PRISONERS: The government must expand the powers of the negotiating delegation in order to conclude an exchange deal.

GAZA EUROPEAN HOSPITAL: We received cases of children suffering from fire and amputation.

Tuesday, May 28, 7:0o pm (GMT +2)

HAARETZ: An Israeli investigation concluded that two Palestinian detainees died in the Sde Timan center in Israel after being beaten.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the town of Shtoula in Western Galilee.

HAMAS: Israeli occupation’s continued targeting of the tents of the displaced and its perpetration of a new massacre in Rafah’s Mawasi “puts the entire world before it deserves legal and moral responsibility to stand up to this criminal policy, state of rampage, and thirst for murder and blood.”

AXIOS: The new Israeli proposal includes readiness to discuss Hamas’s demand for sustainable calm in the Gaza Strip.

NORWAY: The developments in Rafah are tragic and unacceptable, and we call on the UN Security Council to intervene.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: Most of the martyrs of the Mawasi Rafah massacre are children and women.

GAZA GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: Israel killed 72 displaced people within 48 hours

Tuesday, May 28, 6:00 pm (GMT +2)

ISRAELI ARMY SPOKESMAN: We targeted a Hamas fighter in Rafah, but the attack unintentionally claimed the lives of Palestinians who were in the area.

Tuesday, May 28, 5:0o pm (GMT +2)

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: The occupation committed a new massacre in Mawasi Rafah, claiming the lives of more than 20 martyrs and dozens of wounded.

GAZA CIVIL DEFENSE: More than 20 Palestinians were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted the tents of displaced people in the Rafah suburbs, south of the Gaza Strip.

GUARDIAN: Israel waged a secret war that lasted about a decade against the International Criminal Court.

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: We blew up a house with a Zionist force in southern Rafah.

Tuesday, May 28, 3:30 pm (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces bombed Kamal Adwan Hospital and its electricity generators in the northern Gaza Strip. The hospital’s electricity generators caught fire as a result of the bombing.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were killed and wounded in a new Israeli bombing that targeted the tents of displaced people in the Mawasi Rafah area, south of the Gaza Strip.

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: We bombed enemy soldiers and vehicles penetrating south of Rafah.

‘Historical Justice’ – Norway, Spain, Ireland Officially Recognize Palestine

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli occupation forces are imposing a siege on Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital, which houses thousands of displaced people in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Al-Samaqa site in the occupied hills of Kafr Shuba.

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli forces bombed tents for the displaced in the coastal Al-Mawasi area, west of the city of Rafah, killing and wounding several Palestinians.

Tuesday, May 28, 2:00 pm (GMT +2)

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: WE shot down an Israeli Mavic Pro quadcopter drone and took control of it in the skies of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

IRISH GOVERNMENT: The Irish government announced officially recognizing the State of Palestine and establishing full diplomatic relations with it, and made clear that Dublin would appoint an ambassador to the State of Palestine.

SWEDISH FM: We are concerned that Israel will enter the center of Rafah today, and there is a great danger that will lead to more civilian casualties.

DANISH FM: We have repeatedly warned of the repercussions of Israel launching a military attack on Rafah.

HAMAS: Hamas called on the UN Security Council to “bear its responsibility regarding the Zionist entity’s disregard of the international justice order to stop the aggression against Rafah”.

ISRAELI ARMY: 13 soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: 36,096 Palestinians have been killed, and 81,136 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

SLOVENIA: The Slovenian government announced that it will study this week a proposal to recognize the Palestinian state.

Tuesday, May 28, 1:00 pm (GMT +2)

NORWAY: Our recognition of the State of Palestine is a “distinctive milestone”.

PRCS: 500 members of medical personnel were killed since the beginning of the war.

YAIR LAPID: Netanyahu has lost control and the people of Israel deserve better.

GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY: A field hospital and a medical clinic in Rafah are out of service.

REUTERS (citing eyewitnesses): Israeli tanks arrived in the center of Rafah on Tuesday, three weeks after the start of a ground operation in the city located in the southern Gaza Strip.

Tuesday, May 28, 12:00 pm (GMT +2)

DAVID CAMERON: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that the Israeli army’s investigation into the attack on the Rafah camp must be rapid, comprehensive and transparent.

WHO DIRECTOR: About a million displaced people are once again searching for safety.

PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT: Three people were martyred and a number of others were injured as the occupation forces targeted the Al-Iskan Al-Abyad area, west of Rafah.

Tuesday, May 28, 11:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings in the Upper Galilee after a suspected infiltration from Lebanon.

AL-JAZEERA: Six Palestinians were killed by gunfire in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

ISRAELI FM: Spanish PM Sanchez is complicit in incitement to kill the Jewish people.

CHINESE FM: The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern about the Israeli operation in Rafah.

UNRWA: About one million Palestinians were displaced from Rafah.

ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli army sent a new brigade to join five others penetrating the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, in a move considered to be an expansion of the ongoing military operation.

MSF: We condemn the bloody attack on a camp for displaced people in Rafah, which comes days after the International Court of Justice order.

Tuesday, May 28, 09:30 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday, despite the angry reaction from Israel.

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Several Palestinians were killed and wounded in an Israeli drone bombardment while they were trying to return to Fallujah, west of the Jabaliya camp.

AL-JAZEERA: Sirens sounded in the Kfar Giladi area in the Upper Galilee due to the launching of missiles from southern Lebanon.

EU: The European Union discussed imposing sanctions on Israel if it does not comply with the International Court of Justice decision.

ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE: 930 homes and buildings have been damaged in 86 towns in northern Israel since the outbreak of the confrontation with Hezbollah.

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah since dawn has risen to 16.

HEZBOLLAH: We attacked the Ramia site, its equipment, and the position of its soldiers with guided missiles and artillery shells, and achieved direct hits.

Tuesday, May 28, 08:00 am (GMT +2)

ISRAELI ARMY: The ISRAELI ARMY announced the bombing of Hezbollah sites.

UN SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PROCESS: Tor Wennesland called for a comprehensive and transparent investigation into this incident, holding those responsible accountable for any violations, and taking immediate steps to better protect civilians.

Tuesday, May 28, 07:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: The death toll resulting from the Israeli bombing on a tent for displaced people northwest of the city of Rafah has risen to seven.

Tuesday, May 28, 06:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing on a tent for displaced people northwest of the city of Rafah.

Tuesday, May 28, 05:00 am (GMT +2)

AL-JAZEERA:

Two people were killed and others were wounded in Israeli raids on a house in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A fire broke out in a residential building and agricultural areas as a result of intensive Israeli artillery shelling on the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah.

Ambulances are facing difficulties in reaching homes that have been hit by Israeli shelling in the western area of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the top floor of the Indonesian hospital in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah.

(The Palestine Chronicle)

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